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there's no need for a further deficit reduction. republicans don't want the tax increase. democrats don't want entitlement cut asks why would they get together to reduce the deficit? the one thing that's motivating toward a grand bargain is that democrats dislike the sequestration cuts and would like to unwind them, but i don't think they can reach a deal to unwind very much of them because they would have to -- in order to offset them they would have to raise taxes or cut entitlements and people if they hate the sequester, they don't hate the sequester to cut the entitlements. you might sell off federal-owned timberlands and raise fees and you wouldn't be able to unwind very much of the sequester. >> if briefly, if you can, congressman. i do hope we have a grand bargain and if it would seem to me that the private sector needs help in getting out of this recession. you talk about democrats, social security, medicare and all of that. we're talking about food stafrms, poor people and pain. we're not talking about reverends and rabbis. they can pray all they want and they've
there's no need for a further deficit reduction. republicans don't want the tax increase. democrats don't want entitlement cut asks why would they get together to reduce the deficit? the one thing that's motivating toward a grand bargain is that democrats dislike the sequestration cuts and would like to unwind them, but i don't think they can reach a deal to unwind very much of them because they would have to -- in order to offset them they would have to raise taxes or cut entitlements and...
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. >> you were hot on the idea that they said this was supposed to reduce the deficit. this is going to cost us $2.6 trillion. i think they always knew that. i think they never believed that obama care was not going to cost anything. that on the face of it was totally unbelievable and the interesting thing was that they got a government agency to score this as a savings, but now as people are looking at this, they know it may cost a couple of trillion dollars. >> we were mentioning, the president is going to be in massachusetts. last week, this is a live shot of where he is going to be. last week he diverted and talked about immigration and that went nowhere. now he is talking about health care on the same day. what do you make of it? >> i think he will show up and say i'm going to get you better health care. you will lose your doctor and your insurance but you are going to get better insurance. the best insurance is what the consumer wants. it is what the patient wants and what the americans should get to choose. really, what this is, is about taking freedom away from
. >> you were hot on the idea that they said this was supposed to reduce the deficit. this is going to cost us $2.6 trillion. i think they always knew that. i think they never believed that obama care was not going to cost anything. that on the face of it was totally unbelievable and the interesting thing was that they got a government agency to score this as a savings, but now as people are looking at this, they know it may cost a couple of trillion dollars. >> we were mentioning,...
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this isn't deficit neutral. we are adding trillions in expenses to the deficit. >> given how much it's going up. >> number one it's not even possible you could know it will add trillions to the deficit. >> that's what the gao says. >> no, no. >> we know the cost according to the cbo. >> i won't tell you it won't happen. it's early to know. >> okay. >> that's a fair statement. >> rate shock is real. cancellation is real for some people. it's not real -- >> $2500 per savings per year. who said that? >> wasn't me. >> what we can say is the associated press -- >> so disarming when he laughs. i wish you were angry. it's a lie. >> it's serious, personal. this is an increased cost for me personally. i represent millions. the associated press is reporting already three and a half million at least received these letters. >> how much more do you pay? >> at least a couple thousand dollars per year. >> more. >> yes. >> i'm not receiving any better benefit. >> rick should subsidize you because he bought into the lie and you
this isn't deficit neutral. we are adding trillions in expenses to the deficit. >> given how much it's going up. >> number one it's not even possible you could know it will add trillions to the deficit. >> that's what the gao says. >> no, no. >> we know the cost according to the cbo. >> i won't tell you it won't happen. it's early to know. >> okay. >> that's a fair statement. >> rate shock is real. cancellation is real for some people. it's...
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on this issue of the deficit, mixing apples and oranges we have a $4 trillion economy. and the united states is not broke.of course, we need to deal with this. the act is paid for. the republicans during the shutdown wanted to undermine the pay for by dismantling the medical device issue because they don't want to ethis legislation pass. they want to see it fail, not pass, you can seed. there are millions of americans that will get health care. the president did not misrepresent. you will keep your health insurance. and you'll have the ability to get a more refined, a more updated, a more current and more expansive for you and your family. i'm here to save lives, not here to frighten people. i know the stories and i know that women, children families -- >> sheila jackson lee, he gave congress woman jackson lee, i'm going to give marsha blackburn the last word but keep it brief. >> the program is too expensive to afford. you cannot keep the health insurance or the doctors that you have been seeing. this is changing the entire health care marketplace, the incompetence on
on this issue of the deficit, mixing apples and oranges we have a $4 trillion economy. and the united states is not broke.of course, we need to deal with this. the act is paid for. the republicans during the shutdown wanted to undermine the pay for by dismantling the medical device issue because they don't want to ethis legislation pass. they want to see it fail, not pass, you can seed. there are millions of americans that will get health care. the president did not misrepresent. you will keep...
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it wasn't paid for, unlike the affordable care act, which will actually help lower the deficit. but -- you know what, once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors, just to try to make a point or settle a score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now -- because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal. both parties working together to get the job done. that's what we need in washington right now. that's what we need in washington right now. you know, if republicans in congress were as eager to help americans get covered, as some republican governors have shown themselves to be, we would make progress. i'm not asking them to agree with me on everything. but if they would work with us like mitt romney did, working with democrats in massachusetts, or like ted kennedy often did with republicans in congress, including on the prescription drug bill, we would be a lot further
it wasn't paid for, unlike the affordable care act, which will actually help lower the deficit. but -- you know what, once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors, just to try to make a point or settle a score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now -- because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've...
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there's been $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction. $600 billion of that has been from the expiration of the high-end bush tax cuts. $600 billion. $1.8 trillion have come from cuts. there's hardly any other place to go but nonetheless subject every federal dollar to scrutiny. cut where you can cut if it's d duplicative or whatever. do not say we're going to give tax breaks to the wealthy while it makes seniors may more for medicare as it voucherizes medicare. >> do you think in this process there'll be some flexibility on the sequester? i know there have been some who want to just do away with sequester. senator joe manchin and others are looking at can we have more flexibility. what's your position on that? >> if we have sequester we have to have the flexibility. and what senator manchin is putting forth is a reasonable proposal. but we would rather do away with sequestration. because it just cuts so much out of our investments for the future. you have to, as you subject each of these proposals to scrutiny, you have to say, are you saving money by cutting investments in education? you a
there's been $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction. $600 billion of that has been from the expiration of the high-end bush tax cuts. $600 billion. $1.8 trillion have come from cuts. there's hardly any other place to go but nonetheless subject every federal dollar to scrutiny. cut where you can cut if it's d duplicative or whatever. do not say we're going to give tax breaks to the wealthy while it makes seniors may more for medicare as it voucherizes medicare. >> do you think in this process...
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government has a budget deficit below $1 trillion. that's good news. republicans refuse to admit president obama was able to cut the deficit in half and he's not the big spender, so-called conservatives have accused him of being. >> president obama called out for being a big spender. >> the budget of bush, they were both big spenders but obama was way more of a bigger spender. >> who was the bigger spender under president george bush? >> hang on. he's a big spender. and that to me is the heart and soul the argument against obama. >> new numbers show there was a comedy nation of more revenue and less spending leading to a gap of $680 billion. that's billion with a "b." it's the lowest level since the recession. now a bipartisan group of house and senate negotiators are working on writing the first overall budget blueprint since 2009. it all comes down to how they decide to generate revenue. and we know the republicans have said no new taxes and the democrats have said no, you're not getting the big three. let's sort it out. i'm joined by richard wolffe
government has a budget deficit below $1 trillion. that's good news. republicans refuse to admit president obama was able to cut the deficit in half and he's not the big spender, so-called conservatives have accused him of being. >> president obama called out for being a big spender. >> the budget of bush, they were both big spenders but obama was way more of a bigger spender. >> who was the bigger spender under president george bush? >> hang on. he's a big spender. and...
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. >> we have had record deficits. >> record deficits for the past five years? the senator conveniently left out some major information. under president obama, deficits have gone down five straight years. the fastest drop since world war ii. down $409 billion since 2012. republicans are quiet about that, but they're still making stuff up about health care. >> what i want is the finest possible health care for america that we can have. we did have fabulous health care, and i think we can again. >> almost 50 million americans lacked coverage before obama care. and it was fabulous? when you're desperate for the president to fail, you really will do and say anything. well, we're not going to fall for it or let them get away with it. joining me now is congressman jim mcdermott democrat from washington and msnbc contributor goldie taylor. thank you to both of you for joining me. >> thank you. >> good to be here. >> congressman, some republicans want to pretend coverage in america used to be fabulous. i mean, how do you deal with that? >> well, you know, al, it's reall
. >> we have had record deficits. >> record deficits for the past five years? the senator conveniently left out some major information. under president obama, deficits have gone down five straight years. the fastest drop since world war ii. down $409 billion since 2012. republicans are quiet about that, but they're still making stuff up about health care. >> what i want is the finest possible health care for america that we can have. we did have fabulous health care, and i...
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we've cut our deficits by more than half since i took office and that he keep going down. we've pursued an all of the above energy strategy and we're producing more traditional, renewable than ever before, more natural gas than anyone in the world and we've cut carbon pollution in the process. so while the case for doing business in america has always been strong, we've made it stronger. of course you will find no better workers than american workers. our productivity is rising. we have the world's best universities. its most innovative entrepreneurs. we have its strongest intellectual property protections to go along with a rule of law that matches up with anyone. and thanks in part to a new initiative focused on exports and the new trade agreements that i've signed, we sell more products made in america to the rest of the world than ever before. so as you've heard repeatedly today and you will hear undoubtedly after i leave this stage, america is open for business. and businesses have responded. after a decade in which many jobs left the united states to go overseas, now
we've cut our deficits by more than half since i took office and that he keep going down. we've pursued an all of the above energy strategy and we're producing more traditional, renewable than ever before, more natural gas than anyone in the world and we've cut carbon pollution in the process. so while the case for doing business in america has always been strong, we've made it stronger. of course you will find no better workers than american workers. our productivity is rising. we have the...
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we talked about the deficit, his daughter's senate campaign in wyoming, and much, much more. >> he's pretty blunt. still very blunt nowadays. he hasn't changed on that front as well. >> no, and buried in his refusal to talk about the nsa spying program, he was very clear that he's not going to acknowledge anyone, but buried in the answer, you heard him say you never know what you're going to need when you need it and it's enormously important to the u.s. to conduct foreign policy matters. that's your answer. >> that heart transplant really seems to have worked. he looks pretty good. >> and his doctor told me that he was hours away from death. hours, literally hours away. >> when he had the transplant? >> now, in 2010 when he had this major procedure. and he had this very odd moment where he woke up after being sedated and his family had been terrified. he had been dreaming he was in northern italy. he goes into detail on that in the book and in the interview. >> amazing medical story in it book. we'll be watching. >> well written, also. very well written. >> who helped him write it?
we talked about the deficit, his daughter's senate campaign in wyoming, and much, much more. >> he's pretty blunt. still very blunt nowadays. he hasn't changed on that front as well. >> no, and buried in his refusal to talk about the nsa spying program, he was very clear that he's not going to acknowledge anyone, but buried in the answer, you heard him say you never know what you're going to need when you need it and it's enormously important to the u.s. to conduct foreign policy...
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the revenue that's supposed to be generated for this thing may be insufficient to handle it and the deficit will go up. >> we're told of those who have enrolled thus far and obviously six is the number from the first day. obviously it's gone up and the president himself used the term thousands. when they say thousands they couldn't say tens of thousands but a week or so ago. now we expect they have more people because the medicaid portion is swelling. vast proportion is medicaid. who pays for that. aren't we supposed to be getting money for that from the young, healthy people who are signing up for the exchanges whose money we'll take and who will be easy to insure. >> look medicaid is second class health care. most doctors will not accept medicaid patients. the reimbursement rates are too low. it's like getting a lottery ticket to get health care. it's not health care. when we get this first range of numbers people who apply medicaid far out strips those who applied for private insurance plans. private insurance plans are going to be better care, they are going to give you access to more d
the revenue that's supposed to be generated for this thing may be insufficient to handle it and the deficit will go up. >> we're told of those who have enrolled thus far and obviously six is the number from the first day. obviously it's gone up and the president himself used the term thousands. when they say thousands they couldn't say tens of thousands but a week or so ago. now we expect they have more people because the medicaid portion is swelling. vast proportion is medicaid. who pays...
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>> well, i think the estimates at the congressional budget office, it would have increased the deficit by $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know we have 42 or 43 million americans without health care, some medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support with moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent the affordable care act, those folks would be without any kind of health security, and in the private market, what we know is it takes a real toll. but i'd say the biggest issue is not just the financial toll, not the community toll, not the country toll, which is significant. i have a good friend who runs the cancer center at the university of kansas. i was with him and cancer researchers recently, and he said if you get a cancer diagnosis, you are 60% more likely to live five years and beyond if you have insurance than if you don't. i think that's a pretty powerful statement for why we need affordable health care for all of our citizens. >> w
>> well, i think the estimates at the congressional budget office, it would have increased the deficit by $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know we have 42 or 43 million americans without health care, some medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support with moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent the affordable care act, those folks would...
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when unemployment is down, the deficit goes down. when unemployment goes up, the deficit goes up. the reasons for this are clear because when you don't have a job, you don't pay taxes and when you don't have income, you are not paying payroll taxes and you're more likely to need government assistance. unemployment is a double whammy for federal budget and if you lower the deficit we have the lower employment. it includes deficit reduction for the most vulnerable under medicare and medicaid and children's health insurance program and nutritional assistance and other services that ignore the fact that when you cut the essential benefits, you shift the cost of this on to senior citizens and parents and lower income hard working people in these cost shifts take money out of the pockets of consumers that would otherwise be spent in other parts of the economy and creating growth and jobs. it cuts jobs and cutting jobs is not the way to reduce the deficit. securing the deficit reduction by cutting the key investments and telegrams and infrastructure and job planning and research and deve
when unemployment is down, the deficit goes down. when unemployment goes up, the deficit goes up. the reasons for this are clear because when you don't have a job, you don't pay taxes and when you don't have income, you are not paying payroll taxes and you're more likely to need government assistance. unemployment is a double whammy for federal budget and if you lower the deficit we have the lower employment. it includes deficit reduction for the most vulnerable under medicare and medicaid and...
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a program running a $24 billion deficit. congress passed a law to get rid of that shortfall by raising insurance premiums and eliminating those federal subsidies. roughly 1 million homeowners in flood zones will see their rates skyrocket. in the next years, mae's premium could jump from $60 to more than $9,000. >> i couldn't handle that. >> reporter: impossible? >> impossible, yes. >> that could have been avoided. >> reporter: congresswoman maxime waters co-sponsored the bill. but now says she never expected her own legislation could have such a devastating impacted. >> we did have unexpected consequences. some that we talked about are outrageous, we're going to go through the program piece by piece and fix it. >> reporter: waters blames fema the federal emergency management agency for bungling the like callaher. what's the question for fema? >> i don't have a lot of questions for fema. i have directions for fema. >> reporter: waters said it will order fema while it fills the budget gap. that's good news for mae callahar who
a program running a $24 billion deficit. congress passed a law to get rid of that shortfall by raising insurance premiums and eliminating those federal subsidies. roughly 1 million homeowners in flood zones will see their rates skyrocket. in the next years, mae's premium could jump from $60 to more than $9,000. >> i couldn't handle that. >> reporter: impossible? >> impossible, yes. >> that could have been avoided. >> reporter: congresswoman maxime waters...
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social security has nothing to do with the deficit. that in fact was a statement hat ronald reagan made in 1984 in a debate with walter mondell. it was true then, it's true almost 30 years later. when you think about the attack on our social safety net programs and the obsessive desire to change, decimate so-called entitlement programs, often this discussion is raised in the context of the enormous debt problem that we have in america. $16.7 drl. certainly it's a problem -- trillion. certainly it's a problem that we've got to confront in this country. but what also is often not clear is the fact that spending on so-called entitle am programs -- entitlement programs really do not account for the debt problem that we confront in america. and this is what this poster board and the chart so clearly illustrate. in fact, much of the debt that we currently confront in this america can be tied directly to policies emanating from the eight years that george w. bush was at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. more than half of more than half of our debt ca
social security has nothing to do with the deficit. that in fact was a statement hat ronald reagan made in 1984 in a debate with walter mondell. it was true then, it's true almost 30 years later. when you think about the attack on our social safety net programs and the obsessive desire to change, decimate so-called entitlement programs, often this discussion is raised in the context of the enormous debt problem that we have in america. $16.7 drl. certainly it's a problem -- trillion. certainly...
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i mean, is this about budget deficits? is this about something you put your fingers on like mathemat s mathematics? or something else he's talking about here? i think he's talking apocalyptics. i see it. your thoughts. >> i do too. and, you know, it's working for him. people say, well, this strategy was a failure. sure, it was a failure. it was a failure for republicans nationally. it was a failure for republicans in the congress. but was it a failure for ted cruz? he's got bigger fund raising lists as a result of what he did. he's got converts that will go to the wall for him in iowa and states like that. was it a failure from his perspective? maybe not. >> so it's all about -- governor, is it all about getting the right wing rail, get that rail position hardest right you can get and make sure rand paul or nobody else gets there. as long as you hold to that position, hardest right candidate, you're going to get a huge chunk of votes. is that the thinking? >> absolutely. i think ted cruz is motivated totally selfishly in t
i mean, is this about budget deficits? is this about something you put your fingers on like mathemat s mathematics? or something else he's talking about here? i think he's talking apocalyptics. i see it. your thoughts. >> i do too. and, you know, it's working for him. people say, well, this strategy was a failure. sure, it was a failure. it was a failure for republicans nationally. it was a failure for republicans in the congress. but was it a failure for ted cruz? he's got bigger fund...
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the treasury says the 2013 deficit is $680 billion. that is 51% less than the record $1.4 trillion deficit of 2009. still, this year's is the fifth-largest deficit ever. >>> and on this halloween morning, some good news for those who still might need a little bit of time to buy some candy for all of those trick-or-treaters coming to your door. the government says candy and chewing gum prices are nearly 2.5% lower this year compared to a year ago. so, no excuse not to have some goodies now. >>> a facebook executive is admitting the social network is seeing a popularity drop among a key demographic. the admission yesterday after the company reported strong earnings. the executive said facebook's daily use among young teenagers is down. that sent its shares into a tailspin in after-hours trading. >>> mcdonald's teaming up with kraft foods. they're joining forces to test mccafe coffees in the grocery stores and other retail locations in several cities next year. whole bean and ground coffee as well as single-cup options will be offered. >>
the treasury says the 2013 deficit is $680 billion. that is 51% less than the record $1.4 trillion deficit of 2009. still, this year's is the fifth-largest deficit ever. >>> and on this halloween morning, some good news for those who still might need a little bit of time to buy some candy for all of those trick-or-treaters coming to your door. the government says candy and chewing gum prices are nearly 2.5% lower this year compared to a year ago. so, no excuse not to have some goodies...
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. >>> late this afternoon, we learned the federal deficit has fallen below the $1 trillion mark for the first time in five years. the government says the figure for fiscal 2013 is $680.3 billion. on wall street today, the dow lost 62. the s&p 500 slipped nine.the da. up next, why the obama administration does not want you to hear what happened in the benghazi terror attacks from the people who were there. >>> first, here's what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering tonight. fox 13 in tampa with theparen ps of a missing soldier asking the ph public for help. he was last seen thursday in sarasota. in boston, getting ready for game six of the world series. it took the st. louis cardinals a long time to get to beantown. the plane apparently was stuck at the st. louis airport for seven hours yesterday. >> and this is a live look at new york from wnyw, our affiliate there. the big story there tonight, consider raising the legal smoking age to 21. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from special report. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is the age of
. >>> late this afternoon, we learned the federal deficit has fallen below the $1 trillion mark for the first time in five years. the government says the figure for fiscal 2013 is $680.3 billion. on wall street today, the dow lost 62. the s&p 500 slipped nine.the da. up next, why the obama administration does not want you to hear what happened in the benghazi terror attacks from the people who were there. >>> first, here's what some of our fox affiliates across the country...
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that would help the debt and the deficit. i would like to point out that to current number is close $7 trillion. it aloneot do effusively raise revenues by going back to those rates. we need growth and we need spending reduction. hoagland of the bipartisan policy center is talking about these budget talks that are happening on capitol hill. the headline of the washington post on the day that they met last week -- diminished expectations. we will talk for the next five to 10 minutes on the subject and take your calls. charlie is up from florida on our line for democrats. good morning. caller: how are you doing? for thea topic gentleman from the bipartisan center. i think bipartisanship is what we need. i would like to mention using the word balance. balance is needed. -- ihing that i do not have not heard yet, you talked about spending cuts and raising revenue if push comes to shove -- but the elephant in the room is the problem with wealth distribution in the country. you cannot have a good economy and half of the people do n
that would help the debt and the deficit. i would like to point out that to current number is close $7 trillion. it aloneot do effusively raise revenues by going back to those rates. we need growth and we need spending reduction. hoagland of the bipartisan policy center is talking about these budget talks that are happening on capitol hill. the headline of the washington post on the day that they met last week -- diminished expectations. we will talk for the next five to 10 minutes on the...
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we have to address the driver of our debt and deficit. we have to don't reduce our deficits which we've cut in half over the last four years. if we don't, interest intense is a very real threat for crowding out both public and private investment in education r&d and infrastructure. over the last three years we've made real strides in reducing our deficit. we saved more than $12.5 billion. that's been unbalanced. about 70% has been from spending cut. 30% from revenue. we need to do more but we have do it, i believe, in a balanced way. we've heard from senators about the need to modernize the tax code and move toward real tax reform. while the committee can't get it done. we can move in that direction in a substantial way. making a modest cut of only 5% of the trillion dollars a year we spend through the tax code would make huge dent in the deficit. lastly, we have to don't make some reduction in direct spending. although i know that's the area taken the hardest hit. i'll insist on doing in a way that put a circle of production around aroun
we have to address the driver of our debt and deficit. we have to don't reduce our deficits which we've cut in half over the last four years. if we don't, interest intense is a very real threat for crowding out both public and private investment in education r&d and infrastructure. over the last three years we've made real strides in reducing our deficit. we saved more than $12.5 billion. that's been unbalanced. about 70% has been from spending cut. 30% from revenue. we need to do more but...
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. $30 million deficit. >> every year, we scramble to come up with funds. >> every year, they raise fares and freeze salaries. he would be asked to move money around. initially, you went alon with it, why? >> it was a sad story. the caltrain is in the red. okay, we are saving for a rainy day, but it's not raining. >> reporter: he was told to reverse journal entries. consultant and management coaches come out of the proper account. he was told to go in and reverse the payments so they came from an insurance account. it was a way to hide how much was being paid. >> why? why are we doing it? it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: through a public records we asked them to review it. they called it errors. >> honest mistakes happen every year. >> reporter: it happened many times over many years. people who did the accounting entries say it is fraud. how do you respond to that? >> over many years we have gotten awards every year for accounting practices. >> reporter: mike spoke to us. why would you pay consultants and management coaches out of an insurance fund. >> i didn't know we did that. >> re
. $30 million deficit. >> every year, we scramble to come up with funds. >> every year, they raise fares and freeze salaries. he would be asked to move money around. initially, you went alon with it, why? >> it was a sad story. the caltrain is in the red. okay, we are saving for a rainy day, but it's not raining. >> reporter: he was told to reverse journal entries. consultant and management coaches come out of the proper account. he was told to go in and reverse the...
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we've worked together to fix our that deficit with reform and 5 years planning all of which has maintained our strong bond rating and this summer we're going to tangle our health care obligation. well, it's bogging because of our layers focus on the infrastructure of our economy that that has allowed us to become the faster growing state not new york or los angeles but we cannot have done that without the san francisco chamber of commerce and without our business community that has vifrtd in our city in helping me create those jobs everyday. so, now this is not the time to rest in our success. i think it's time that we double down on our success by focusing and tackling with more vigor and more resolve by looking over that horizon to see what else we should be doing. this is not a buckle ladies and gentlemen. that first city college we're going to save city he college period no, ifs or maybe so it's too important to give up open our students or training of our workforce in the future. it's the fit and second the affordable care act is important. we're focused in marking our residents and e
we've worked together to fix our that deficit with reform and 5 years planning all of which has maintained our strong bond rating and this summer we're going to tangle our health care obligation. well, it's bogging because of our layers focus on the infrastructure of our economy that that has allowed us to become the faster growing state not new york or los angeles but we cannot have done that without the san francisco chamber of commerce and without our business community that has vifrtd in...
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tonight everyone was talking about this graphic showing that the republicans have been saying the deficit has been sinking during president obama's leadership. barbara says our debt was inherited. and peggy says the gop and tea party don't believe in facts. they continue to make up their own. do you know someone who needs some help with the facts? we've got this posted on our facebook page for you to share with your friends. head over to facebook and search "politicsnation" and like us to join the conversation that keeps going long after the show ends. r parking. that's remarkable that so much energy is, is wasted. streetline has looked at the problem of parking, which has not been looked at for the last 30, 40 years, we wanted to rethink that whole industry, so we go and put out these sensors in each parking spot and then there's a mesh network that takes this information sends it over the internet so you can go find exactly where those open parking spots are. the collaboration with citi was important for providing us the necessary financing; allow this small start-up to go provide a ser
tonight everyone was talking about this graphic showing that the republicans have been saying the deficit has been sinking during president obama's leadership. barbara says our debt was inherited. and peggy says the gop and tea party don't believe in facts. they continue to make up their own. do you know someone who needs some help with the facts? we've got this posted on our facebook page for you to share with your friends. head over to facebook and search "politicsnation" and like...
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this is happening at the same time the deficit, which is arguably the thing the tea party is worried most about is at the lowest it has been in five years. at 2013, $680.3 billion. is that cause for them to maybe relax a little on this? not at all. absolutist, dogmatic platform they are on. >> absolutely. it has become their ultimate political strategy to stop government from doing anything effective. it doesn't matter they are part of government, sort of shredding their own nest. if the president were able to confirm nominees, have the d.c. circuit actually function, to have a fed chair, right, at a time when the fed is the only piece of the government that's actually still able to do anything for the fact we saw the joblessness crisis in this country, they would be losing on their short-term, i completely agree with you, jonathan, political strategy. until we can see some sense of accountability, i think we had that for a moment with the shutdown, unfortunately the media narrative has moved on to a bigger piece of government dysfunction, the health care website rollout, until we se
this is happening at the same time the deficit, which is arguably the thing the tea party is worried most about is at the lowest it has been in five years. at 2013, $680.3 billion. is that cause for them to maybe relax a little on this? not at all. absolutist, dogmatic platform they are on. >> absolutely. it has become their ultimate political strategy to stop government from doing anything effective. it doesn't matter they are part of government, sort of shredding their own nest. if the...
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>> the estimates of the congressional budget office is that would it increase the deficit by about $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. >> they're rooting for failure. >> in today's top trender. washington wizards. >> in the wizard of oz, there is a great line. >> i have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore. >> sebelius deals with a blizzard of oz comments at today's hearing. >> madam secretary, while you're from kansas, we're not in kansas anymore. >> i'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too. >> people went to see the wizard because of the wonderful things he did. >> the great oz has spoken! >> some might way we are actually in the wizard of oz land, given the parallel universes we appear to be habitating. >> be gone, before somebody drops a house on you! >> i'm joined tonight again by joan walsh, salon.com. what an arrogance coming from congressman joe barton from texas. >> yes. what. >> is the health care situation in kansas? he probably doesn't even know. in fact, i'm not convinced these people on this house committee on the
>> the estimates of the congressional budget office is that would it increase the deficit by about $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. >> they're rooting for failure. >> in today's top trender. washington wizards. >> in the wizard of oz, there is a great line. >> i have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore. >> sebelius deals with a blizzard of oz comments at today's hearing. >> madam secretary, while...
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this from a guy who ran as candidate who was going to end the trust deficit. >> okay, panel, my loser, a beard. because my staff put in should bret grow a beard in support of no shave november? 70 percent said no. and apparently that's why. duck dynasty beards? in support of men's health early detection prostate cancer good cause just no beard. that's it for the panel. stay tuned for a a clip of kathleen sebelius bringing down the house and also bing results. check it out. i can't believe your mom has a mom cave! today i have new campbell's chuy spicy chicken quesadilla soup. she gives me chunky before every game. i'm very souperstitious. haha, that's a good one! haha! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. so ally bank has a] that wothat's correct.a rate. cause i'm really nervous about getting trapped. why's that? uh, mark? go get help! i have my reasons. look, you don't have to feel trapped with our raise your rate cd. if our rate on this cd goes up, yours can too. oh that sounds nice. don't feel trapped with the ally raise your rate cd. ally bank. your mo
this from a guy who ran as candidate who was going to end the trust deficit. >> okay, panel, my loser, a beard. because my staff put in should bret grow a beard in support of no shave november? 70 percent said no. and apparently that's why. duck dynasty beards? in support of men's health early detection prostate cancer good cause just no beard. that's it for the panel. stay tuned for a a clip of kathleen sebelius bringing down the house and also bing results. check it out. i can't believe...
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adding to this sea of red trade deficit ink. we were told that america would actually level the playing field in the field of automotive trade if we passed the korean free trade deal. i didn't vote for it. but guess what? since the korean agreement took effect, u.s. exports of motor vehicles to korea have gone up monthly by, guess what? how much? 44 cars. 44 cars. that's it. at the same time, guess how many more cars the koreans are shipping in here? 20,000. . all told they have imported over a million cars to the united states. these really big bars here since the agreement took effect. meanwhile, we have only exported 34,000. 34,000. that's a 44: 1 advantage on korea's side. why model the new t.p.p. on that agreement? it isn't working. the sad thing is the american people have been told these same free trade agreements for the past century, past quarter centuries, all the lies contained in them have been a sea of red inc. that's costing s -- red ink that's costing us jobs. mr. speaker, it's time for congress to stop these bad
adding to this sea of red trade deficit ink. we were told that america would actually level the playing field in the field of automotive trade if we passed the korean free trade deal. i didn't vote for it. but guess what? since the korean agreement took effect, u.s. exports of motor vehicles to korea have gone up monthly by, guess what? how much? 44 cars. 44 cars. that's it. at the same time, guess how many more cars the koreans are shipping in here? 20,000. . all told they have imported over a...
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overall, our budget, we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. i have been chair of the budget committee for the past couple of years. i am still involved in budget issues. i want to make sure i can be helpful to my colleagues who are grappling with our huge deficit. it is inevitable that we are going to make painful cuts, so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact to every day san franciscans, how can we keep our parks in good conditions? how do we maintain our safety net for public health services, public security services, public safety? all these are critical decision that need to be made. the pension question is something that comes up. the cost of our pension liability will cost the city, especially because of our investments in the market have come down since 2008. we are spending more of our general fund to pay our pension costs. that is a big challenge. it is a long-term problem, but it also has short-term implications. we know right away we are not going to have the enough money as we need to cover our services and pensio
overall, our budget, we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. i have been chair of the budget committee for the past couple of years. i am still involved in budget issues. i want to make sure i can be helpful to my colleagues who are grappling with our huge deficit. it is inevitable that we are going to make painful cuts, so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact to every day san franciscans, how can we keep our parks in good conditions? how do we maintain our safety...
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51% less than it was in 2009 when the deficit hit a record high of 1.4 trillion. in other news, syria has met a major deadline in the process of getting rid of its chemical weapons of mass destruction. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says syria completed the functional destruction of critical equipment for all of its declared chemical weapons product facilities and fixing/filling plants rendering them inoperable. they said the remaining two sites were too dangerous to reach for inspection but chemical equipment had already been moved to other sites that experts visited. the next target date is november 15th when inspectors and syria must agree to a detailed plan of destruction including how and where to destroy more than 1,000 metric tons of toxic agents and munitions. joining me now, steve clemens, editor at large for "the atlantic" and richard wolffe from msnbc.com. it turns out there's been some real progress. >> i think it was on your show that said if president obama could trade a messy war for getting syria to become part of the chem
51% less than it was in 2009 when the deficit hit a record high of 1.4 trillion. in other news, syria has met a major deadline in the process of getting rid of its chemical weapons of mass destruction. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says syria completed the functional destruction of critical equipment for all of its declared chemical weapons product facilities and fixing/filling plants rendering them inoperable. they said the remaining two sites were too dangerous to...
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. >> este es un cyra dsde el 2012 déficit más elevado . >> tenemos un cabernet del 2009 . >> ahí la clave. >> ya la ciencia del vino en california aha avanzado a un punto que damos clases al resto del mundo . >> estas parras de chardonay . >> en agua dulce a 45 minutos de los Ángeles cultiva acres de viñas de 3500 cajas por año . >> un poco de este vino joven . >> pero aquí aumenta producción en francia italia y españa bajan tierras . >> eliminan viñas que eran comerciales pero no tenían calidad . >> otro beneficiado méxico que exporta 450 mil cajas 3era parte . >> esto barriles . >> localmente se trabaja para calmar la sed de vino . >> buenas noticias para california porque los vinos se conocen por el mundo entero . >> también este productor dominicano con sus pinturas . >> ahora en méxico . >> oficial despedido por tener relaciones sexuales con uniforme en su vehículo, le quitan insignias en ceremonia ante sus compañeros que le dan la espalda también su compañero destituido por los actos inmorales . >> embarazos adolescentes preocupan dan a luz, pero la alarma sobre todo
. >> este es un cyra dsde el 2012 déficit más elevado . >> tenemos un cabernet del 2009 . >> ahí la clave. >> ya la ciencia del vino en california aha avanzado a un punto que damos clases al resto del mundo . >> estas parras de chardonay . >> en agua dulce a 45 minutos de los Ángeles cultiva acres de viñas de 3500 cajas por año . >> un poco de este vino joven . >> pero aquí aumenta producción en francia italia y españa bajan tierras ....
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the deficit, the nation's deficit has dropped to $680 billion that's the first time it's dipped below a trillion in about five years. that is very good news. the president to talk to talk up the advantages for foreign inning investors and are going to be using 32 trade missions around the world to try to get foreign investments in the u.s. already many foreigners do put dollars here. some billions of dollars in the past several years. equaling millions of jobs for americans and they want more of that. >> so, randall, what is happening today at this summit? >> reporter: we have heard from a number of ceos of major businesses, for example, bill simon of wal-mart, we have also heard from the head of dow chemical, they are here saying that america is a favorable environment for any foreign inning invest. they are talking about the low interest rates that the u.s. has. the low cost, relative low costs of energy and transportation costs. the one weakness that has been pointed out, is that america needs to do a better job training americans for the jobs that are available. for example, espec
the deficit, the nation's deficit has dropped to $680 billion that's the first time it's dipped below a trillion in about five years. that is very good news. the president to talk to talk up the advantages for foreign inning investors and are going to be using 32 trade missions around the world to try to get foreign investments in the u.s. already many foreigners do put dollars here. some billions of dollars in the past several years. equaling millions of jobs for americans and they want more...
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that it would actually reduce the deficit. that is one of the biggest whoppers among a bunch of lies, but the biggest whopper is president obama saying it would reduce the deficit. i think it will add trillions to the deficit. >> we have been following it. remember, they said it would be so easy to use. premiums would decrease. we know that is not true either. you can keep your doctor. if you like your plan you can keep your plan. it will only be $900 billion. tell me if i'm wrong in my analysis, senator. i see that the president pretty much had three options. once, this was the holy grail for the left for a long time. progressives have wanted this for a long time. but if they knew the truth about the effects, that it wouldn't garner enough votes in congress. so they had three choices, the first was to tell the truth and push for the program anyway, the second was to change the program and address the concerns, and the third would be to lie. >> i think as disengene disinge nicer way of saying a lie, they say if you're going to
that it would actually reduce the deficit. that is one of the biggest whoppers among a bunch of lies, but the biggest whopper is president obama saying it would reduce the deficit. i think it will add trillions to the deficit. >> we have been following it. remember, they said it would be so easy to use. premiums would decrease. we know that is not true either. you can keep your doctor. if you like your plan you can keep your plan. it will only be $900 billion. tell me if i'm wrong in my...